Tabuna (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Sicily, Italy (36.9° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• upper Burdigalian

Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone

• asphaltic chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Oligo-Miocene Cetacea of the Italian waters with a bibliography of the fossil Cetacea of Italy (1670-1986) 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49396: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon dalpiazi Fabiani 1949 toothed whale
Squalodon cf. bariensis1 Jourdan 1861 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Neosqualodon assenzae Dal Piaz 1904 toothed whale
Neosqualodon gastaldii Brandt 1873 toothed whale
subspecies gemmellaroi and major
"cf. Neosqualodon gemmellaroi" = Neosqualodon gastaldii gemmellaroi2 Fabiani 1949 toothed whale